Written by

Bob Dohr
Daily Herald Media

The Friday after Thanksgiving may technically be the busiest shopping day of the year, but plenty of central Wisconsin shoppers were doing their best to keep the Saturday before Christmas in the running for the title.

Wausau's Mike Murphy, who was picking up gifts for his daughter at Shepherd & Schaller Sporting Goods, 324 Scott St., said this year's short time frame between Thanksgiving and Christmas has him "kind of scrambling" to get his gifts done at the last minute.

"There's a lot to do, but at least I know what gifts I need to get, so I'm getting in and getting out," Murphy said. Murphy ...